Lapulapu Shipping Lines Schedules 2026

Lapu-Lapu Shipping Lines runs between Cebu and Talibon on the north coast of Bohol, a four-hour crossing — and the two directions do not run on the same days.

Four hours, and the timetable is asymmetric

Cebu to Talibon carries two departures, at 12:30 and 21:00, on one set of days. Talibon to Cebu carries one, at 21:00, on a different set. Both legs are timetabled at 240 minutes. A return trip therefore has to be planned against two separate day patterns rather than one.

The nine o'clock sailings are overnight in practice

A 21:00 departure on a four-hour crossing arrives at one in the morning. In Philippine inter-island shipping that is normal and deliberate: passengers sleep aboard or in the terminal and continue by bus at first light, and cargo is unloaded overnight ready for the morning market. It is not an inconvenient hour; it is the schedule working as intended.

Talibon is the northern gate to Bohol

Most Cebu–Bohol traffic goes to Tagbilaran in the south or Tubigon in the west. Talibon sits on the north coast, closer to the Danajon reef area and the northern towns, and reaching it overland from Tagbilaran takes a substantial part of a day. For anyone heading to that corner of the island, the direct boat is worth far more than the crossing time suggests.

Two sailings out, one back

The imbalance is the practical constraint. There is more capacity leaving Cebu than returning, which means the return is the leg to secure first. On a route with a single daily sailing in one direction, that is not a matter of preference.

No operator website

We have not found a published website for this company, so these times come from consolidated data rather than from the operator. Philippine inter-island schedules are adjusted for weather and demand more often than most, and there is no channel here through which such a change would reach you in advance.